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a source says the president may make the announcement later this week. kerry narrowly lost the president? i -- presidency in 2004 to george w. bush. he is a decorated veteran of the vietnam war. >>> the state department gets a look at the details report about the attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya. secretary of state hillary clinton ordered this review. members of congress are scheduled to get the classified briefing on wednesday. clinton will not testify. she is recovering after a concussion from fainting due to dehydration. >>> and as you prepare to send your children to school tomorrow, you may have to address some fears. our next guest will help us find ways to talk to our children about tragedy and look at ways that we all can move forward. from the best players in history to the number 1 club in the world. the potential of manchester united unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans ret
a source says the president may make the announcement later this week. kerry narrowly lost the president? i -- presidency in 2004 to george w. bush. he is a decorated veteran of the vietnam war. >>> the state department gets a look at the details report about the attack on the consulate in benghazi, libya. secretary of state hillary clinton ordered this review. members of congress are scheduled to get the classified briefing on wednesday. clinton will not testify. she is recovering...
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mitt romney having lunch at the white house this week. bitter rivals now trying to make nice, at least for a photo op. what does this photo tell you -- how is president obama treating the man he just beat? >> well, let me share something with you. this was a painful picture to look at because you can see he's actually having an emotional reaction -- >> do we have the picture -- there it is. let's put the picture up. i'm sorry, susan, go ahead. >> his chin wrinkles up -- this is not the clip. we were talking about the boehner one we just had. >> i'm talking about mitt romney and president obama meeting. >> okay. this one right here, i call this, rigid romney. his body language never changes. and you also -- when you look -- they're looking at each other's eyes. but romney holds his body language, his hand in towards his torso. and president obama's the one that actually reaches out -- he's the initiator of the conversation and shakes the hand. but romney doesn't move. also, too, his hand is on top of romney's. he's pressing down as in the
mitt romney having lunch at the white house this week. bitter rivals now trying to make nice, at least for a photo op. what does this photo tell you -- how is president obama treating the man he just beat? >> well, let me share something with you. this was a painful picture to look at because you can see he's actually having an emotional reaction -- >> do we have the picture -- there it is. let's put the picture up. i'm sorry, susan, go ahead. >> his chin wrinkles up -- this...
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the obama family celebrated the president's birth place in hawaii and, yes, christmas brings us one day closer to possibly the fiscal cliff, the huge tax increases, spending cuts that could take effect in one week or so. brianna keeler is watching there in hawaii, joining us with the update. first of all, how is the president, how is the first family spending the holiday? >> presumably right now they are sleeping in, suzanne, because it is still very early here as you know. >> what time is it? >> we are expecting of course they'll have a christmas. let's see. 6:00 in the morning bright and early. we've been at it for a few hours. we expect them to have a nice christmas meal at the house they're renting. the white house chef is here. maybe we'll get details on what they are going to eat. there is nothing on the president's public schedule. he is frequently gone and visiting with troops in the past so we wouldn't be surprised if he did that again today. i will tell you that bo the dog is actually along for the ride here in hawaii and the white house released a video where bo just really k
the obama family celebrated the president's birth place in hawaii and, yes, christmas brings us one day closer to possibly the fiscal cliff, the huge tax increases, spending cuts that could take effect in one week or so. brianna keeler is watching there in hawaii, joining us with the update. first of all, how is the president, how is the first family spending the holiday? >> presumably right now they are sleeping in, suzanne, because it is still very early here as you know. >> what...
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plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a new hot spot for movies in the deep south. >> good to be with you. -iment brooke baldwin. i want to begin with a cnn exclusive. this is tough to watch, but the pictures speak volumes about what the syrian civil war is doing to its own people. this is about this teenager who defies the basic survival instinct, running away from a hail of bullets. oh, no. instead this young man who used to work in a bakery decides to crawl into the gunfire to try to save a stranger's life. this is a reality for so many syrians every single day. here's cnn, but if there children in the room, get them out now. >> a fighter slithers across the street. his body hugging the cold pavement. yards away a woman lies motionless. she has been shot by a sniper. her rescuer is not a relative nor a neighbor. he never met her. he is just 17. he knew he had to save the woman or die trying. when we met him later, he told us --
plus in his last weeks in congress, dennis kucinich demanding president obama give up secrets about drone attacks. he joins me live. >> it's 30,000 square feet. >> so long, hollywood. america's got a new hot spot for movies in the deep south. >> good to be with you. -iment brooke baldwin. i want to begin with a cnn exclusive. this is tough to watch, but the pictures speak volumes about what the syrian civil war is doing to its own people. this is about this teenager who defies...
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. >> what's interesting is you look at the market movement, suzanne, over the past week or so and you can investors are more pessimistic. what's interesting is as soon as the news came out that president obama is having this statement from the white house stocks, went back up. they've since fallen a little bit more, but they're holding steady. the dow around 65 points. you see this market react to every headline out of washington, d.c. it begs the question, where do stocks go from here? if we do get a partial deal on the fiscal cliff, what analysts say would happen is we'd probably see a modest sell-off with the tone more negative as time goes on. with a partial deal, there's less certainty for the marketplace. without a deal at all, there could be a rude awakening for investors when everybody wakes up up and goes back to work on wednesday and when the market re-opens. it's not a given that congress will do something. some experts are actually hoping to see a big sell-off in the market and could inspire policy-making. one points out although the market is a disciplinarian, it's not a
. >> what's interesting is you look at the market movement, suzanne, over the past week or so and you can investors are more pessimistic. what's interesting is as soon as the news came out that president obama is having this statement from the white house stocks, went back up. they've since fallen a little bit more, but they're holding steady. the dow around 65 points. you see this market react to every headline out of washington, d.c. it begs the question, where do stocks go from here?...
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so the yearly obama trip to hawaii is set to start a week from next monday. you feel me here? see where i'm going? the window closing faster than folks think. what are our decisionmakers doing right now? among other things they are apparently sending signals through the media. republicans saying time to get moving. the president saying there is a deal to be had fairly quickly if the republicans come around to raising taxes on the wealthy. let me give you the president first. >> -- good faith offer to avert the fiscal crisis, and that offer included significant spending cuts and reforms, and it included additional revenue. and frankly it was the balanced approach that the president has been asking for. now we need a response from the white house. we can't sit here and negotiate with ourselves. our targets and framework are things that we can all agree on. and it is exactly how we approached our discussions in the biden group, my discussions at the white house a year and a half ago and for that matter, in the joint select committee. and if the president doesn't agree with our pr
so the yearly obama trip to hawaii is set to start a week from next monday. you feel me here? see where i'm going? the window closing faster than folks think. what are our decisionmakers doing right now? among other things they are apparently sending signals through the media. republicans saying time to get moving. the president saying there is a deal to be had fairly quickly if the republicans come around to raising taxes on the wealthy. let me give you the president first. >> -- good...
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it took several weeks. now the army does have a full investigation under way and as you pointed out, it has all led to president obama picking up the phone, calling the pentagon and saying, what on earth is going on. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. >>> you can watch barbara's entire report tonight on erin burnett out front 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> eyes of the world right now focusing on the white house. within the next hour, congressional leaders will arrive for what is likely to be a very tense meeting with the president of the united states. this is perhaps the final effort to avert the new year's tax increase that is expected to cost the average family several thousand dollars a year. four days remain to reach an agreement, get it passed by the house and senate, and signed into law by the president. as we said, we're talking a long shot here. as we await the arrival at the white house of the top four members of congress, they're schedule scheduled to meet with the president at 3:00 p.m.
it took several weeks. now the army does have a full investigation under way and as you pointed out, it has all led to president obama picking up the phone, calling the pentagon and saying, what on earth is going on. >> barbara starr, thank you very much. >>> you can watch barbara's entire report tonight on erin burnett out front 7:00 p.m. eastern here on cnn. >>> eyes of the world right now focusing on the white house. within the next hour, congressional leaders will...
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milltory will deploy 400 troops to turkey in the coming weeks. the patriot the missile system would be used only for defense. >>> president obama is speaking out about marriage marriage for the first time since colorado and washington state legalized it. he told abc's barbara walters he discourages drug use and regrets doing it as a kid but says it's not a top priority for the feds to prosecute recreational users in states that have legalized the substance. >>> we're awaiting word on the next round of fiscal cliff negotiations. president obama and house speaker john boehner metaphor just under an hour at the white house late yesterday afternoon. still no deal. aides for both men describe the session as frank and say the lines of communication will stay open. the law of the land, that's how house speaker john boehner described the affordable care act, it overhauled the nation's health care system and today marks a critical milestone in the implementation of that act. states must decide whether they will set up their own exchanges which will requir
milltory will deploy 400 troops to turkey in the coming weeks. the patriot the missile system would be used only for defense. >>> president obama is speaking out about marriage marriage for the first time since colorado and washington state legalized it. he told abc's barbara walters he discourages drug use and regrets doing it as a kid but says it's not a top priority for the feds to prosecute recreational users in states that have legalized the substance. >>> we're awaiting...
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it is why you saw president obama warning assad so stride endly this week. >> and there has got to be so much discussion and intelligence circles as to why now what is prompting president assad to do this. the question really is what is that line? what is the trigger that would launch a potential u.s. military response? >> well, i think your first point is really key. why is assad even going down this route? why are his commanders going down this route? we have seen the fighting, our colleague, arwa damon has been talking about this for days, we have seen the fighting pick up around damascus. this is the center of power for the assad regime. and the fighting is quite intense around there. he is feeling the pressure. it is believed, of that fighting in and around the capital. so perhaps that's why he, number one, is supporting potentially this movement of chemical material. what the red line is, u.s. officials say, it moved a bit. it was any movement of chemical weapons. now it is really they're looking for the intent to use them. that, we're told, is what the u.s. is looking for now.
it is why you saw president obama warning assad so stride endly this week. >> and there has got to be so much discussion and intelligence circles as to why now what is prompting president assad to do this. the question really is what is that line? what is the trigger that would launch a potential u.s. military response? >> well, i think your first point is really key. why is assad even going down this route? why are his commanders going down this route? we have seen the fighting,...
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heard about still includes those bush era tax cuts staying in place for everybody, which president obama has called a nonstarter. so what if we raised taxes a little bit? still be much lower than what americans paid just a generation ago. in 1980, the wealthiest americans paid a marginal tax rate of 70% of their income to uncle sam. now, tax reform under president reagan reduced that rate to 50% and in 1981, and closer to current levels in 1986. today, president obama wants to let the bush era tax cuts expire for wealthy americans only, taking up their marginal federal tax rate from 36% to 39.6%. we're talking about a 3.6 percentage point uptick for households making more than $250,000 a year, only on every dollar they make above the $250,000 amount. starts 2 s at $251,000. it is on the money you make on the margin. now, while i totally agree every penny counts when it comes to your money, when you compare that to the taxes most americans paid out in past decades, when there was phenomenal economic growth, i don't get why republicans are screaming bloody murder about this 3.6%. what if w
heard about still includes those bush era tax cuts staying in place for everybody, which president obama has called a nonstarter. so what if we raised taxes a little bit? still be much lower than what americans paid just a generation ago. in 1980, the wealthiest americans paid a marginal tax rate of 70% of their income to uncle sam. now, tax reform under president reagan reduced that rate to 50% and in 1981, and closer to current levels in 1986. today, president obama wants to let the bush era...
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the white house and congress had three weeks to reach a deal on the dispool cliff as president obama, house speaker boehner and their aides hold private talks americans wait to see if their tax rate will go up january 1st. for some without a job they risk losing unemployment. kyung lah talks with a woman who has been out of work a year while trying to raise two children. >> reporter: liz calls it a financial freefall. >> i wish i wasn't in this situation but it is what it is, and i could just do what i can. >> reporter: de bats lost her job as a new home sales manager last january. on an old laptop with a broken cord she keeps track, averaging 15 applications a day, at age 54, this is the first time she's ever been on unemployment. she's emptied out her 401(k), her savings and now the last resort, the emergency federal jobless program has department de bats in her town home giving her $450 a week. on december 29th unless the congress acts, the money stops. >> we're not living off the system. it's not a luxury to be on unemployment. it's a means to keep us going. >> reporter: the fear
the white house and congress had three weeks to reach a deal on the dispool cliff as president obama, house speaker boehner and their aides hold private talks americans wait to see if their tax rate will go up january 1st. for some without a job they risk losing unemployment. kyung lah talks with a woman who has been out of work a year while trying to raise two children. >> reporter: liz calls it a financial freefall. >> i wish i wasn't in this situation but it is what it is, and i...
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countdown to election day with five weeks to go, and president obama is out west holding a rally this hour at a las vegas high school. he will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney keeping a lower profile this weekend, and tomorrow he heads to colorado rallying a crowd and preparing for dnesday's debate. key decision makers attended the red mass including six of the nine supreme court justices. the annual event aims to bring people together to pray for the members of the judiciary before the court hearing cases, and it's colored red mass because of the color of the garments of the clergy. >>> a christian pakistani girl accused of desecrating the koran is set to be cleared of all charges. the 14-year-old was not only innocent but was framed by a muslim cleric in her hometown. the cleric faces blasphemy charges of his own for tearing pages out of the koran to use against the girl. >>> it's the face-to-face showdown political watchers and voters have been waiting for. no tv ads, no campaign surrogates, just the president and his challenger one-on-one.
countdown to election day with five weeks to go, and president obama is out west holding a rally this hour at a las vegas high school. he will be on the road through wednesday's first presidential debate. mitt romney keeping a lower profile this weekend, and tomorrow he heads to colorado rallying a crowd and preparing for dnesday's debate. key decision makers attended the red mass including six of the nine supreme court justices. the annual event aims to bring people together to pray for the...
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with that, with the north carolina vote, and with president obama, what has your week been like? >> well, it's been a liberating free week. there's been a will the of controversy about this issue and it hits home with me personally. it's something -- i am gay and i am a sheriff and i am a conservative. yet this is something that i was open to family and certain friends but not to the public. that was used and it's my responsibility in the end and i take ownership of it. it was used as a weapon to harm me. >> yeah. >> and now i'm dealing with it. >> so you gave them the ammunition you're saying by not coming out? >> absolutely. that's a regret i have, don, in that i've always been honest about it. you know, there's been scandals about people who are married and are gay or who have a fake girlfriend. that was never me. i'm braced it, never lied about it. but i wish in retrospect that i shared that with the public. but to be honest with you, i was a little afraid how people would react. i think people can understand that. come to find out, people say sheriff paul, it doesn't matter.
with that, with the north carolina vote, and with president obama, what has your week been like? >> well, it's been a liberating free week. there's been a will the of controversy about this issue and it hits home with me personally. it's something -- i am gay and i am a sheriff and i am a conservative. yet this is something that i was open to family and certain friends but not to the public. that was used and it's my responsibility in the end and i take ownership of it. it was used as a...
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president obama will speak to the u.n. general assembly, and among the stoppages the instability in the middle east, and he will address clinton's global initiative, and he will visit the battleground state of ohio. >>> and i am paul steinhauser at the political desk. it's off to ohio for a two-day bus tour through the battleground state. romney picks up in the buckeye state where paul ryan leaves off. >>> i am poppy harlow, and looking ahead to wall street we'll find out how much the u.s. economy grew in the second quarter this year with the final gdp readings set to be released on thursday. we will also get the latest new home sales data and also a look at consumer confidence. any economic news these days plays into the election. meantime, nike and blackberry researcher maker in motion looks at earnings reporting this week. we will track it all for you on cnn money. >>> i am a.j. hammer, and we are catching up with tv legends, carol burnett and vicky lawrence. we will talk about how "the carol burnett show" changed telev
president obama will speak to the u.n. general assembly, and among the stoppages the instability in the middle east, and he will address clinton's global initiative, and he will visit the battleground state of ohio. >>> and i am paul steinhauser at the political desk. it's off to ohio for a two-day bus tour through the battleground state. romney picks up in the buckeye state where paul ryan leaves off. >>> i am poppy harlow, and looking ahead to wall street we'll find out how...
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see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> this week president obama heads to the democratic convention. wall street eyes the economy. and a reality tv show pledges to to be kinder and gentler. really? our correspondents have it all. we begin with the president. >> i'm ai thee that jones in texas. president obama speaks at a labor day event in toledo, ohio, on monday before heading down to louisiana to meet with people affected by hurricane isaac. on tuesday, he travels to norfolk, virginia, and on wednesday he goes to charlotte, north carolina, for the democratic national convention. he officially accepts his party's nomination for president on thursday night. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. it will be a shortened trading week with markets closed for labor day. wall street will be all eyes on the august jobs report. that is set to be released on friday morning, and it will be critical for consumer confidence and also in the race for the white house. also on tap this week, the august car and truck sales data that comes out as well as a look at how much folks are spending on
see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >>> this week president obama heads to the democratic convention. wall street eyes the economy. and a reality tv show pledges to to be kinder and gentler. really? our correspondents have it all. we begin with the president. >> i'm ai thee that jones in texas. president obama speaks at a labor day event in toledo, ohio, on monday before heading down to louisiana to meet with people affected by hurricane isaac. on tuesday, he travels...
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president obama is not expected to travel this week. >> reporter: from the world economic forum in switzerland, back on wall street all eyes are on the january jobs report. it is our first look at jobs in 2012. also coming up this week the latest consumer confidence reading out on wednesday. we'll get earnings from amazon, ups and aol. we'll track it for you all week. >> reporter: show biz tonight has major star power this week. i go one-on-one with taylor armstrong. she is telling all about her alleged abuse nightmare. plus hollywood's most charming guy, neil patrick harris on life as a new dad. >>> and tomorrow morning's weather. how is that going to effect your drive to work. cnn weather center with the travel forecast. >> wind has been the big weather story from santa anas in southern california to wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour across the great lakes. that is going to be the story once again as you head out the door tomorrow. the northeast you're probably wondering is this rain and snow going to linger for the morning commute? for the most part the answer is no. the winds coming behin
president obama is not expected to travel this week. >> reporter: from the world economic forum in switzerland, back on wall street all eyes are on the january jobs report. it is our first look at jobs in 2012. also coming up this week the latest consumer confidence reading out on wednesday. we'll get earnings from amazon, ups and aol. we'll track it for you all week. >> reporter: show biz tonight has major star power this week. i go one-on-one with taylor armstrong. she is telling...
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president obama is giving a convention spoech thspeech in politics. there is no coincidence. >> the romney campaign is doing what it calls bracketing this week. they're getting out their message sort of before and after the if the's speech in ohio. it's no accident he's here. the president will be here to give his big speech to the democratic national convention. but it's interesting to see the romney campaign go about this very aggressive strategy. he was talking to a radio talk show host in ohio. before the president's speech he's getting his message out there and mitt romney will be going back to ohio tomorrow so give what he's calling a rebuttal to the president's speech. the obama campaign has obviously picked up on this. a spokeswoman put out an e-mail for reporters saying the american people are right to, quote, collectively yawn at mr. romney's speech here today. >> he's talking in cleveland radio, he's in charlotte. you have the president outside of cleveland. if we're following all of this back and forth, he's saying this guy may be here tod
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thank you very much, everybody. >> again, president obama there at fema headquarters warning that this storm, hurricane sandy, is one that will be, quote, slow moving, and you also heard from fema's head, craig fugate there, who says the key to all of this is people heeding the evacuation orders they get from their various localities. so tens of millions of people along the east coast preparing for this monster of a storm that is expected to create extremely dangerous conditions from north carolina all the way up to new england. the outer bands of hurricane sandy already pounding the carolinas right now. the storm is about 250 miles southeast of cape hatteras, north carolina carrying 75.5-mile-an-hour winds. sandy is expected to move north and turn toward the east coast tomorrow and collide way cold front producing a mega storm. that cold front could also mean several feet of snow that might be dumped in west virginia and ohio and the big threat from this storm that it may knock out power, if not for hours, possibly days, maybe even up to a week in some locations. and this storm could
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they don't get calls from obama. he doesn't have the tact, the touch that let's say a ronald reagan had, who was having drinks with tip o'neill every week. >> and the white house is sort of out of reach, as you said, but there was a criticism from the bush administration when it came to the press. there's always something about communication that the bush administration didn't communicate that much with the press and did their own thing. >>> all right. so we've seen president obama given the super hero treatment. next, candidate mitt romney gets his from the mouths of babes. >> if you were a super hero, who would you be and why? >> that's a 9-year-old asking the question. the possibilities are endless. just look at your screen. which super hero will romney pick? his answer is next. t, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering just you know walking, sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering d i found myself in the middle of this parade sfx: sounds of marching band and crowd cheering honoring america's troo
they don't get calls from obama. he doesn't have the tact, the touch that let's say a ronald reagan had, who was having drinks with tip o'neill every week. >> and the white house is sort of out of reach, as you said, but there was a criticism from the bush administration when it came to the press. there's always something about communication that the bush administration didn't communicate that much with the press and did their own thing. >>> all right. so we've seen president...
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you wrote about that this week, didn't you? >> i did. it is a big problem for president obama. i wrote this story, don, because as you said at the outset of the show, everybody talks about the latino vote and the black vote and the senior vote and the soccer mom vote but nobody looks closely at the biggest voter bloc of all which is the still whitetion and it's about 70 to 75% of the electorate. when i looked at the numbers in the polling 'lo and behold it shows that barack obama has a white voter problem that's worse than it was in 2008. i actually believe, with don, in 2008 that barack obama's race was actually an asset. americans loved the idea of electing the first black president. i think that really helped him in the election. it was cool to be for barack obama. it's a little bit of a problem now -- let me put it this way. it's not as big of an asset now as then because barack obama has a record to run on. and so you have more skepticism of white voters and the polling shows that barack obama is doing unbelievably well with black voters. 94 to 95% of the black vote for ba
you wrote about that this week, didn't you? >> i did. it is a big problem for president obama. i wrote this story, don, because as you said at the outset of the show, everybody talks about the latino vote and the black vote and the senior vote and the soccer mom vote but nobody looks closely at the biggest voter bloc of all which is the still whitetion and it's about 70 to 75% of the electorate. when i looked at the numbers in the polling 'lo and behold it shows that barack obama has a...
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watch. >> do you support the obama agenda? who are you? who are you? who are you? >> well, he later apologizedand said no excuse for his behavior. what is this hunting someone down looking for the sound bite of the day? >> well, i think that interestingly enough in this marketplace of ideas, the barrier to entry to becoming a citizen journalist is almost nothing because everyone is walking around with a smart phone that records video. so all you have to do in order to get the important clip that can change the election is show up at an event with your smart phone and wait for somebody to say what they actually think. >> some people, kelly, would call you a gotcha machine. what do you say to that? >> yeah, i'm pretty sure you called me a one woman torpedo effort two years ago which i'm not making this up. one of my girlfriends had that printed on a t-shirt for me after you aired that piece. it was hysterical. and probably one of the best compliments i've ever gotten. but, you know, ultimately what we are seeing is we are seeing the mainstream media, whether it's pri
watch. >> do you support the obama agenda? who are you? who are you? who are you? >> well, he later apologizedand said no excuse for his behavior. what is this hunting someone down looking for the sound bite of the day? >> well, i think that interestingly enough in this marketplace of ideas, the barrier to entry to becoming a citizen journalist is almost nothing because everyone is walking around with a smart phone that records video. so all you have to do in order to get the...
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romney is spending a lot of time this week to prepare for the debate. the same thing for the president. he is off the campaign trail, today, tomorrow, off to nevada. but basically he is spending a lot of this week, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both are trying to lower the bar for the candidates. even the candidates themselves are doingñr it. take a listen to mitt romney, recently on the campaign trail. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very good speaker. >> now, he is a very good speaker, i am sure in the debates, as last time with senator john mccain he will be very eloquent. >> reporter: and it is not only mitt romney playing that game, so is the obama campaign. >> what history tells us, the challenger wins the first debate just due to the fact they are standing on the stage with the president. so they come into it as the underdog,ing so we're coming into it very realistic that mitt romney will win, if he plays his cards right. >> stephanie cutter making those comments on piers morgan. now what is the ide
romney is spending a lot of time this week to prepare for the debate. the same thing for the president. he is off the campaign trail, today, tomorrow, off to nevada. but basically he is spending a lot of this week, we believe, behind closed doors getting ready. meanwhile, both are trying to lower the bar for the candidates. even the candidates themselves are doingñr it. take a listen to mitt romney, recently on the campaign trail. >> i mean, he is president of the united states, a very...
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watching a showdown because the second presidential debates was worlds away from the first one two weeks ago. this time the president and the governor brought intensity and energy unlike the first time around. the exchanges were bruising. both candidates taking every opportunity to go on the attack. president obama more aggressive, out to make up ground after a flat first performance and mitt romney standing his ground, hoping to keep his momentum going. take a look. >> i don't think anyone really believes that you're a person who is going to be pushing for oil and gas and coal. you'll get your chance in a moment. i'm still speaking. and the answer is -- >> if you're asking me a question -- >> that wasn't a question. it was a statement. >> and the suggestion that anybody on my team, whether the secretary of state, our u.n. ambassador, anybody on my team would play politics or mislead when we've lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. >> so there you have it. and dana bash had it all, too. she was there to see it all firsthand. i have followed your career. i know you have covered do
watching a showdown because the second presidential debates was worlds away from the first one two weeks ago. this time the president and the governor brought intensity and energy unlike the first time around. the exchanges were bruising. both candidates taking every opportunity to go on the attack. president obama more aggressive, out to make up ground after a flat first performance and mitt romney standing his ground, hoping to keep his momentum going. take a look. >> i don't think...
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. >>> let's look to the big stories in the week ahead. we got you covered from west to east from hollywood to wall street. we begin at the white house. >> with high gas prices at the pumps president obama will be focused on energy this week when he hits the road on a four state tour making stops in nevada, new mexico, oklahoma and the battle ground state of ohio. the president will be putting the spot light on developing domestic oil and gas as well as pushing for more fuel efficient vehicles. before hitting the road the president will welcome the irish prime minister to the white house on tuesday. >>> housing will be the big focus on wall street. we are expecting a report on housing and construction as well as existing home sales. also coming up we'll get earnings from tiffany, general mills, fed ex and nike. we'll see how the market responds to all of it and track it on cnn money. >>> we go one-on-one with the cast of celebrity apprentice and getting the inside scoop of the brand new season of dancing with the stars. be sure to catch sh
. >>> let's look to the big stories in the week ahead. we got you covered from west to east from hollywood to wall street. we begin at the white house. >> with high gas prices at the pumps president obama will be focused on energy this week when he hits the road on a four state tour making stops in nevada, new mexico, oklahoma and the battle ground state of ohio. the president will be putting the spot light on developing domestic oil and gas as well as pushing for more fuel...
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. >>> president obama made history last week becoming the first american president to visit cambodia as part of his asian tour. it's a country still very much haunted by a horrifying past. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian traveled with the president on that trip, and he gives us a chilling look at history. >> reporter: the road to the killing fields on the outskirts of phnom penh is dusty and at times only partly paved. a 30-minute ride into this country's painful past when some 2 million people were killed under pol pot's brutal rule, a man some refer to as the hitler of cambodia. this is the truck stop where people were brought, some from prisons or elsewhere. sometimes it was hundreds by truck each day. some held out hope. others knew it was the end. this is where they came to die. they were all accused of crimes against the state. most were killed the night they arrived here. others were kept alive for a few more hours in small steel and wood structures that were once right here on this spot. this man, who begs for money and food every day along the fence surrounding the
. >>> president obama made history last week becoming the first american president to visit cambodia as part of his asian tour. it's a country still very much haunted by a horrifying past. cnn white house correspondent dan lothian traveled with the president on that trip, and he gives us a chilling look at history. >> reporter: the road to the killing fields on the outskirts of phnom penh is dusty and at times only partly paved. a 30-minute ride into this country's painful past...
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this week, the supreme court upheld almost all of the law in a dramatic 5-4 ruling setting up what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don't benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it's more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour in a "time" magazine essay, we will take you around the world to find out what lessons we can learn from others.
this week, the supreme court upheld almost all of the law in a dramatic 5-4 ruling setting up what is sure to be a heated election year debate. meanwhile, our out-of-control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what is more, we don't benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it's...
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this week, president obama heads back out on the campaign trail, flying west of nevada, a state hit hard by the mortgage crisis. he'll also visit the state of ohio, a key battleground state where he currently leads in the poll. both of these states could decide who wins the white house. then the president heads to new york city, a fund-raiser to raise much needed campaign cash. >> i'm paul steinhauser on the campaign trail in florida. after going separately a week, mitt romney and paul ryan team up tomorrow in new hampshire, a crucial battleground state. later in the week, both men held a lot of fund raisers in this crucial week leading up to the national republican convention in tampa. >> can we learn anything from how wet animals dry themselves or is it an excuse to video dogs in slow motion? you decide. here's jeanne moos. >> reporter: it may not be research that's earth shaking but it's definitely dog shaking and pig shaking and even rat shaking. most of us try to avoid getting showered by the dog shake. but researchers at georgia tech decided to study it. >> they can actually do a m
this week, president obama heads back out on the campaign trail, flying west of nevada, a state hit hard by the mortgage crisis. he'll also visit the state of ohio, a key battleground state where he currently leads in the poll. both of these states could decide who wins the white house. then the president heads to new york city, a fund-raiser to raise much needed campaign cash. >> i'm paul steinhauser on the campaign trail in florida. after going separately a week, mitt romney and paul...
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a big week for president obama as he faces his gop opponent in the first presidential debate in denver on wednesday. a lot is riding on the performance of each candidate. and both campaigns are trying to lower expectations. now, following the debate, the president will spend the next two days campaigning in the important battleground state of ohio. by the way, president obama will prepare for the debates in nevada where he'll also hold a campaign rally. >>> i'm paul steinhauser on the campaign trail. republican presidential nominee mitt romney flies to colorado tomorrow. he holds a rally in the swing state tomorrow night before hunkering down for final preparations. meanwhile his wingman, running mate paul ripian campaigns at the beginning of the week in iowa. >>> i'm poppy harlow in new york. all eyes will be on the economy this week. the big news for wall street comes on friday with the september jobs report. of course, that is key for the market, but it's also key in the race for the white house. also ahead, we'll get a look at september auto sales data as well as the latest look at
a big week for president obama as he faces his gop opponent in the first presidential debate in denver on wednesday. a lot is riding on the performance of each candidate. and both campaigns are trying to lower expectations. now, following the debate, the president will spend the next two days campaigning in the important battleground state of ohio. by the way, president obama will prepare for the debates in nevada where he'll also hold a campaign rally. >>> i'm paul steinhauser on the...
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today, a look at president obama and mitt romney's plans for the military. here is our foreign correspondent, barbara star. >> reporter: how many troops and just what weapons are needed to defend the nation. president obama and governor mitt romney each are making a different case. governor romney has said he wants to significantly add to our conventional forces. >> we must have a commitment not just to more ships and aircraft, but also in my view, more members of the armed forces. >> reporter: president obama wants a smaller conventional force, and five hundred million in pentagon cuts over the next ten years. >> and so long as i am commander-in-chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. >> reporter: let's start with the romney plan. the candidate says he favors a larger force of naval ships and aircraft, but has not said how he would pay for it. romney has also said he wants to add 100,000 troops to the current force of 1.4 million. now, for a look at obama's plan. as part of 500 billion dollars in spending cuts, president obam
today, a look at president obama and mitt romney's plans for the military. here is our foreign correspondent, barbara star. >> reporter: how many troops and just what weapons are needed to defend the nation. president obama and governor mitt romney each are making a different case. governor romney has said he wants to significantly add to our conventional forces. >> we must have a commitment not just to more ships and aircraft, but also in my view, more members of the armed forces....
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but you know, the white house did speak out against this bill last week. with the white house spokesman saying you know, speaking out against it and it's not the first time president obama has been against right to work legislation. you looked at what happened in wisconsin with governor scott walker. his attempt to take away collective bargaining rights and he's spoken out about this, too, saying that unions have helped the meddle class and that they've helped the american economy. >> alison kosik, live for us watching the impending crowds in lansing. stay with cnn today at 2:00 p.m. eastern, when president obama is set to speak live. we're also going to see if he has anything to say about exactly what alison was just reporting on and i have some breaking news. an update about the death of the navy s.e.a.l. in afghanistan that we brought you just about a half hour ago. the defense department is now sending out his identity. and he -- he was petty officer first class nicholas check. 28 years old of monroeville, pennsylvania. special op killed in action duri
but you know, the white house did speak out against this bill last week. with the white house spokesman saying you know, speaking out against it and it's not the first time president obama has been against right to work legislation. you looked at what happened in wisconsin with governor scott walker. his attempt to take away collective bargaining rights and he's spoken out about this, too, saying that unions have helped the meddle class and that they've helped the american economy. >>...
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that is an important choice. >> just over a week away from the convention. we will be watching and listening. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> it is a little known story in world war ii. thousands of jews were given safe passage into mostly muslim al bannia. ♪ [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with puffs softness. [ male announcer ] aggressive styling. a more fuel-efficient turbocharged engine. and a completely redesigned interior. the 2012 c-class with over 2,000 refinements. it's amazing...inside and out. ♪ join mercedes-benz usa on facebook for the best summer sweepstakes. >>> many countries across europe close their borders to jews trying to escape persecution. albania opened its borders. a new document profiles this part of history. earlier i spoke a woman who escaped to albania with her family. >> we chose to follow the story of a father who rescued a family. it was the father's promise to return the hebrew pra
that is an important choice. >> just over a week away from the convention. we will be watching and listening. thanks so much. appreciate it. >>> it is a little known story in world war ii. thousands of jews were given safe passage into mostly muslim al bannia. ♪ [ female announcer ] for everything your face has to face. face it with puffs facial tissues. puffs has air-fluffed pillows for 40% more cushiony thickness. face every day with puffs softness. [ male announcer ]...
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. >> plenty of blame to go around, but last week, and go back a week ago -- >> okay. >> and when john boehner came up with what i kept seeing the pictures of john boehner and president obama sitting together and very good picture and they are both good guys to come up with a plan, and john boehner came up with a plan that democrats would not enjoy the idea that taxes going up on people earning more than $1 million a year and not acceptable for most people, but he could not get members of his own caucus to agree to it, so it is not fair for the republicans to somehow suggest that we are here because of the democrats. i am not saying that the democrats had nothing to do with it, but you can't get your own act together, and the republicans and the democrats in the house can't get their act together. >> well, we are here as inaction, and here is the deal on that, and what the president wanted to do was to generate enough revenue to cover government for agent eight days, seven or eight days and what do you do with the other 350-plus days leftover? you cannot continue to run trillion dollar
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and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. always there for you. >>> president obama today paid a personal visit to the stunned community of aurora, colorado. he met the governor and the mayor, but he spent the most time with people who were injured in that horrible shooting. and with families of those though who died. he spoke briefly afterward. we want you to hear his comments. here's the president in aurora earlier this evening. >> i had a chance to visit with each family and most of the conversation was filled with memory. it was an opportunity for families to describe how wonderful their brother or their son or daughter was. and the lives that they had touched and the dreams they held for the future. i confessed to them that words are always inadequate in these kinds of situations, but that my main task was to serve as a representative of the entire country and let them know that we are thinking about them at this moment and will continue to think about them each and every day
and after a couple of weeks, i knew we were finally home! [ female announcer ] purina cat chow indoor. always there for you. >>> president obama today paid a personal visit to the stunned community of aurora, colorado. he met the governor and the mayor, but he spent the most time with people who were injured in that horrible shooting. and with families of those though who died. he spoke briefly afterward. we want you to hear his comments. here's the president in aurora earlier this...
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another broken promise by obama. >> reporter: the affordable care act remains unpopular. but polls show support is up slightly over last year. even though americans remain divided. on the left, many believe it doesn't go far enough. on the right, they believe it goes too far. don? >> dan, thank you very much. as dan said, the supreme court takes this on starting tomorrow. the big fight is over the law's central provision. the so-called individual mandate which requires americans to buy health insurance. it's set to take effect in 2014 and as it's written now, those who don't buy insurance would face penalties. the justices could strike down all or just part of the law. that may mean throwing out the individual mandate, which some proponents of the law say is the linchpin that makes the whole plan work. they may not rule on everything this year, but whatever the outcome, we'll have to wait to hear their decision until june. it'll come in june, their decision. >>> our top stories are just ahead, including new information about the killing of 17 afghans allegedly at the hand
another broken promise by obama. >> reporter: the affordable care act remains unpopular. but polls show support is up slightly over last year. even though americans remain divided. on the left, many believe it doesn't go far enough. on the right, they believe it goes too far. don? >> dan, thank you very much. as dan said, the supreme court takes this on starting tomorrow. the big fight is over the law's central provision. the so-called individual mandate which requires americans to...